Coin register bank



Jan. 8, 1946. J. D. STIRISS COIN REGISTER BANK 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Original Filed July. 15, 1957 //VVENTOR I A B D. $TIRISS A RNEYS Jan. 8, 1946. J, D, SWISS 2,392,424

COIN REGISTER BANK Original Filed July 15, 1 937 2 Sheets-She'et 2 INVENTQR JACOB D ST/K1s3 ATToRNE Y5 Patented Jan. 8, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COIN REGISTER BANK Jacob D.- Stiriss, New York, N. Y.

coin receiving position to the coin depositing position.

A distinct feature of the invention is the sim- A plifled construction of such coin register bank and its casing.

Another particular object of the invention is a toy coin register bank in which all the principal cooperating elements of its structure and mechanism are made'of sheet metal by stamping, bending and similar forming operations.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention will be best understood from the follow ing description of exemplifications thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a three coin register bank exemplifying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a side Wall of the bank;

Fig; 3 is a perspective view of the cover of the bank;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view through the bank casing structure along line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a cross sectional View of the side wall of the casing structure along line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a detailed cross sectional view of the wall formation of the cover along line 66 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a similar view along line of Fig, 3;

Fig. 8 is a vertical cross sectional view through the assembled register bank structure;

Fig. 9 is a cross sectional View of the structure along line 9-9 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a partially cross sectional view of the structure along line ||0 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 11 is an elevational view of the mechanism along line of Fig. 8; and

Fig. 11a is a cross sectional view similar to Fig. 9 along line Ila-Ha of Fig. 8.

Although the various novel features of the invention are not limited to any specific arrangement of a toy coin register bank, I shall de-' scribe them in connection with an exempliflca-' tion in the form of a toy three-coin register bank shown in the drawings. It comprises an outer casing 40 shown in Figs. 1 to 11a formed of two side walls 4|, 42 and a. cover 43 which are joined by the base 44 into a unitary structure. The 0D- posite sides walls 4|, 42 are formed of sheet metal and have inwardly bent flanges forming ribs 45 along the edges of the walls. The cover 43 shown in Fig. 3 is formed of an elongated sheet metal strip that has its longitudinal edges bent into reinforcing channel members 46 which fit over the ribs 45 of the side walls 4|, 42 so that upon inserting the ribs into the channels the side walls 4|, 42 and the cover 43 are joined into a self-supporting structure. The base plate 44 is formed of a solid sheet plate, sheared, drawn and bent to provide'along its four sides recessed channel members 41 and projecting lugs 48 along the interior sides of the channel members 41 (Figs. 8 and 9). A coin box 49 is formed of a sheet metal plate having downwardly bent side walls 59 terminating into outwardly projecting flanges 5| which fit into the recesses between the ridges 4] and lugs 48 of the base.

To assemble the several elements of the casing, the coin box 49 is mounted on the base plate 44 so that its flanges are gripped within the recesses between the ridges 41 and projecting lugs extending along the edges of the base plate. The two side walls 4|, 42 are then mounted adjacent the walls of the coin box 49 by inserting the bottom ribs 45 of the side walls into the channel recesses 46 of the base plate, the bottom ribs of the side walls lying above the flanges 5| of the coin box.

The cover 43 is then slipped over the side walls 4|, 42 and the channels 46 along the edges of the cover are forced over the ribs 45 extending along the edges of the side walls, while the inwardly projecting flanges 52 at the front and rear edge of the cover 43 are forced into the recesses between the ridges 41 and the lugs along the front and rear sides of the base plate over the front and rear flanges of the coin box. The so assembled casing members are then joined into a strong self-sustaining casing structure by bending the inwardly projecting base plate lugs 48 extending along the recessed edges of the base plate, over the inwardly extending flanges 45 of the side walls, and through lug holes 53 in the side walls of the coin box, over the outwardly extending flanges of the coin'box, so as to clamp the coin box, the side walls as well as the cover wall to the reinforced edges of the base without rivetsor other special fastening means. The

foregoingrdescribed housing of the bank is not claimed herein but forms the subject matter claimed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 560,241, filed October 25, 1944.

As shown in Figs. 2, 5 and 8, a register operating handle 54 of sheet metal, shown in detail in Fig. 5, has its lower end formed into a cup-shaped pivot member 55 which is pivotally mounted in an opening 56 in the side wall 42 ofthe casing by clamping the lugs 51 projecting from the base of the pivot member in slits of the clutch washer 58 mounted on the inner side of the wall. The clutch washer has inwardly projecting claws 59 for engaging and operating the coin registering and controlling mechanism mounted inside the casing by swinging the lever forwardly from its upward position and returning it to its normal upward position.

As shown in Figs. 8 to 1111, the coin box 49 con stitutes the sole support of the coin registering and coin deposit mechanisms which are assembled on the coin box 49 before assembling the casing structure.

The coin registering mechanism comprises two revolvably mounted difierentially operative registering drums or numeral wheels 61, 62 journalled on a shaft 63 extending through openings of three guide walls 64, 65, 66 of sheet metal which are mounted on the top of the coin box 49 by the locking engagement of bottom lugs 61 with slits in the top of the coin box and are braced at the top by a strap 68 in the way shown in Figs. 8 and 9. The left drum 6| shown in Fig. 9, which serves as the dollar drum, for instance, is formed of a sheet member bent to form a cylindrical cup having an outwardly projecting annular guide flange 12 terminating into a set of ratchet teeth 13, the face of the drum cup having along its periphery a plurality of radial register slots 14 subdividing the periphery into a predetermined number of register segments 15, in the way shown in Fig. 9. The right drum 62, which serves as the nickel drum, for instance, is similarly formed into a cylindrical cup having an outwardly projecting annular guide flange l6 terminating into a plurality of outwardly projecting teeth 11, the peripheral portion of the cup face being provided with two sequences of radial register slots 78, I9 separated by an annular guide strip 80 extending between the sequences of register coupling slots 18, 19, in the way shown in Fig. 11a. r

The sequencesof register coupling slots on the two register drums 6|, 62 correspond to the sequences of register numbers provided on the cylindrical peripheries of the two drum cups. Thus, as indicated in Fig. 10, the periphery of the nickel cup 62 has a sequence of twenty register number 0, 5, 10 90, 95, and the dollar cup 6| has two consecutive sequences of numbers 1 to 10 corresponding to the twenty register coupling slots of the two cups, so that in advancing either one or the other cup to the next higher number on its periphery, the periphery is advanced by the same peripheral distance to bring the next higher register number in front of the register windows 85, 86 on the cover 43 of the casing. The dollar drum 6! and the nickel drum 62 are formed from simple flat sheet metal stampings.

The register drums 6|, 62 are held in their proper angular position in which the register numbers, visible through the register windows 85, 86, indicate the amount deposited in the coin box, through the engagement of the teeth 13, 11 or the two drums with a drum pawl 67 forming a part of a sheet metal member 88 which is journalled on a pawl shaft 89 on the rear of the guide walls 64, 65, 66 and is actuated by a biasing spring 96 fastened to the coin box to press the pawl projection into engagement with the teeth of the register drums in the way shown in Figs. 9 and 10 and permit either one or both register drums to be rotated on the drum shaft 63 and selectively advanced by one or more register segments. The pawl biasing spring 90 has a projecting bell arm 91 carrying a sheet metal bell hammer 92 for sounding a bell 93 suitably mounted on a lug extending from the guide wall 64 so as to hit the bell each time the drum pawl is raised by a drum tooth when one of the two register drums BI, 62 is advanced to the next higher registering position.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 9, on a lug I06 formed on the inner cup face of the nickel drum 62 is pivotally mounted a claw arm ml and a spring I02 which presses a claw I03 projecting from the end of the arm against an annular claw path on the adjacent intermediate guide wall 65 along which the claw rides during the rotation of the nickel drum 62 so as to normally prevent the claw I03 from engaging a register slot 14 of the dollar cup and thus couple the dollar drum 6| to the nickel drum 62. A short slot I04 through the nickel drum guide plate 65 at one portion of the annular claw path permits the nickel drum claw I03 to enter one of the register slots 14 in the dollar drum 6| after a full sequence of registrations have advanced the nickel drum by a complete revolution (corresponding to one dollar) so as to couple the dollar drum 6| to the nickel drum 62 and advance the dollar cup to the next higher registering position. In the further rotation of the nickel drum 62, a cam projection I66 formed on the guide wall 65 is engaged by the edge of the claw arm I0l as soon as the dollar cup has been advanced to the next higher position, withdrawing the claw I03 from its coupling engagement with the slot 14 of the dollar drum 6|, and bringing it back to its retracted position in which it rides along the annular path of the guide plate until the nickel drum completes another revolution.

The selective coupling mechanism of the dollar drum 6! with the nickel drum 62 through the action of simplesheet metal elements formed by simple shearing and bending operations secures automatic advancement of the dollar drum 6| by one register segment 15 to its next higher registration position for each complete revolution of the nickel drum 62. Selective automatic advancement of the nickel drum 62 in accordance with the character of the deposited coin is effected by a coin deposit and control mechanism in the form of a chute unit H0 which is pivotally mounted on the drum shaft 63 adjacent the outer guide wall 66 of the nickel drum 62 in the way shown in Figs. 8 and 10. The coin deposit and control unit H6 comprises a coin chute I'll formed of sheet metal Walls H2 and an arched channel member H4 arranged to guide a coin dropped into it towards a coin stop I20 formed by a bridge section of a cam lever l2! pivotally mounted on the adjacent side wall 56 of the coin 'box 49.

The chute walls H2 have journalling openings fitting over the drum shaft 63 to permit forward rotation of the chute I l I from its normal coin receiving position in which the .end of the rearward chute arch projection I I8 forms a chute stop which rests acrossa coinv inlet slot lZ-of' the coin box 59 so as to prevent dropping out of coins through the coin inlet slot 25 of the coin box 49 when the coin boxis held in invertedposi tion.

As shown in Fig. 10, a bracket it! of sheet metal is secured to the front wall of the chute H I and is journalled on the drum shaft 63 in front of the chute so as to provide an additional journalling support for the chute structure. The bracket is also provided with peripheral slots I28 adapted to be engaged by the clutch claws 59 of the operating lever 54 journa'lled in the side wall 42 of the-register casing so that by swinging the operating lever the chute may be rotated on the drum shaft 63from its normal coin receiving position to its forward position for depositing a coin dropped into the chute HI into the coin box49 and registering the deposited coin on the registering mechanism in the way described hereinbefore.

As shown in Figs. 8 to and lid, the base plate 44 which forms the bottom Wall of the coinbox H is provided with a door 200 which is hinged on two hinge lugs 26'! extending from the edge of the door opening. The door 26 is provided with an arcuate-bolt strip 283 extending through a slit 26d in the base and terminates in a lug 2L3 which swings the door to its closed position when the register is placed on a support. The upper arched portion of the door bolt 293 is provided with two bolt projections 263 which are normally locked by the peripheral flangesl2 and 76 of the dollar and nickel drums SI, 62, respectively; To permit opening of the doorafter a predetermined amount of coins has been deposited in the box, for instance, ten dollars, short peripheralportions iitilandiiils of the drum flanges of the several drums 8|, G2 are cut out so that when the drums are brought into a predetermined registering position corresponding to a predetermined amount of coins deposited in the coin box, the cutouts 3G8 and 289 of the two drums will be aligned with the two bolt pro- .iections 256 of the door bolt 293 and permit the doorto be swung open for removing the deposited coins.

In-the particular exemplification of the invention shown in the drawings, with the coin box door arranged to be opened after depositing ten dollars, the flange 16 of the nickel drum 62 is provided with one cutoutit the flange T2 of the dollar drum 6'! is provided with twocutouts 208, and the drums are so mounted that the cutout 239 of the nickel drum E2 and oneor the other cutout 258- of the dollar drum iii are aligned inethe path of the bolt projections 266 to permit opening of'the coin box door.

The foregoing arrangement of the door and the door bolt assures that after the door has been opened and the coins removed, the positioning of the bank on a support automatically pushes the end of the door bolt back into the coin box and closes the door. Simultaneously, the two bolt projections .266 are brought into the locking position adjacent the flanged edges of the drum cups and are automatically looked upon the deposit of one coin and remain locked until a predetermined amount of coins has been deposited in the coin box.

Various other modifications of the invention will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art. It is accordingly desired that in construing the breadth of the appended claims they shall not be limited to the specific details shown and thereof.

I claim:

1. Ina coin registering device: a sheet material casing having a bottom wall; a revolvably mounted register member enclosed in. said casing and having a peripheral locking portion adapted to be engaged by a bolt arm; a coin box wall ofsheet material supporting said register member within said casing and located above said bottom wall so as to form therewith a. coin box for receiving deposited coins; a wall portion of said coin box having an opening portion through which at least a part of said locking portion is exposed to the space of said coin box; an exterior wall portion of said coin box having a coin box door; a bolt arm of sheet materialextending from said door through the interior. of said coin box for establishing interlocking engagement with a part of said locking portion exposed through the opening portion of said coin box wall; said door and said bolt arm being movably supported on a wall portion of the coin box so that when said door is moved between the closed and open position, said bolt arm. is moved in a direction transverse to the direction of the revolvable motion of said register member;v said bolt arm having a bolt portion shaped. to overlap the lockingportion of said'register member when the door is in the closed position; the bolt portion ofsaid bolt armandthe look portions of said register member being so arranged as to l establish a locking interengagement between. said register member and said lock arm when said register member has been actuated from a predetermined setting position while the door is closed and to open said interlocking engagement when said register member has been returned to said predetermined registerv osition.

2. In a coin registering device: a sheet material casing having a bottom wall; a revolvably mounted register member enclosed in said casing and having a peripheral locking portion adapted to be engaged by a bolt arm; a coin box wall of sheet material supporting said register member within said casing and located above said bottom wall so as to form therewith a coin box .for receiving deposited coins; a wall portion of said coin box having an opening portion through which at least a part of said locking portion is exposed to the space of said coin box; an exterior wall portion of said coin box having a coin box door; a bolt arm of sheet material extending from said door through the interior of said coinbox for establishing interlocking engagement with apart of said locking portion exposed through the opening portion of said coin box wall; said door and said bolt arm being movably supported on a wall portion or the coin box so that when said door is moved between the closed and open position, said bolt arm i moved in a direction transverse to the direction of the revolvable motion of said register member; said bolt arm having a bolt portion shaped to overlap the locking portion of said registe member when the door is in the closed position; the bolt portion of said bolt arm and the lock portions of said register member being so arranged as to establish a locking interengagement between said register member and said lock arm when said register member has been actuated from a predetermined setting position while the door is closed and to open said interlocking engagement when said register member has been returned to said predetermined register position; said coin box door being pivotally supported on a described: in connection with the exemplificati'onswall portion of said casing and being arranged to open inwardly into the coin box space.

3. In a coin registering device: a sheet material casing having a bottom wall; a revolvably mounted register member enclosed in said casing and having a peripheral locking portion adapted to be engaged by a bolt arm; a coin box wall of sheet material supporting said register member within said casing and located above said bottom wall so as to form therewith a coin box for receiving deposited coins; a wall portion of said coin box having an opening portion through which at least a part of said locking portion is exposed to the space of said coin box; an exterior wall portion of said coin box having a coin box door; a bolt arm of sheet material extending from said door through theinterior of said coin box for establishing interlocking engagement with a part of said locking portion exposed through the opening portion of saidcoin box wall; said door and said bolt arm being movably supported on a wall portion of the coin box so that when said door is moved between the closed and open position, said bolt arm is moved in a direction transverse to the direction of the revolvable motion of said register member; said bolt arm having a bolt portion shaped to overlap the locking portion of said register member when the door is in the closed position; the bolt portion of said bolt arm and the lock portions of said register member being so arranged as to establish a locking interengagement between said register member and said lock arm when said register member has been actuated from a predetermined setting position while the door is closed and to open said interlocking en- Easement when said register member has been returned to said predetermined register position; said coin box door being pivotally supported on the bottom wall of said'coin box and being arranged to open inwardly into the coin box space.

4. In a coin registering device: a sheet material casing having a bottom wall; a rovolvably mountted register member enclosed in said casing and having a peripheral locking portion adapted to be engaged by a bolt arm; a coin box wall of sheet material supporting said register member within said casing and located above said bottom wall so as to form therewith a coin box for receiving deposited coins; a wall portion of said coin box having an opening portion through which at least a part of said locking portion is exposed to the space of said coin box; an exterior wall portion of said coin box having a coin box door; a bolt arm of sheet material extending from said door through the interior of said coin box for establishing in-' terlocking engagement with a part of said locking portion exposed through the opening portion of said coin box wall; said door and said bolt arm being movably supported on a wall portion of the coin box so that when said door is moved between the closed and open position, said bolt arm is moved in a direction transverse to the direction of the revolvable motion of said register member; said bolt arm having a bolt portion shaped to overlap the locking portion of said register memher when the door is in the closed position; the bolt portion of said bolt arm and the lock portions of said register member being so arranged as to establish a locking interengagement between said register member and said lock arm when said register member has been actuated from a predetermined setting position while the door is closed and to open said interlocking engagement when said register member has been returned to said predetermined register position; said bottom wall having an opening through which a portion of the bolt arm projects when the door is opened.

} 5. In a coin registering device: a sheet material casing having a bottom wall; a revolvably mount ed register member enclosed in said casing and having a peripheral locking portion adapted to be engaged by a bolt arm; a coin box wall of sheet material supporting said register member within said casing and located above said bottom wall so as to form therewith a coin box for receiving deposited coins; a wall portion of said coin box I; having an opening portion through which at least a part of said locking portion is exposed to the space of said coin box; an exterior wall portion oi said coin box having a coin box door; a bolt arm of sheet material extending :from said door through the interior of said coin box for establishing interlocking engagement with a part of said locking portion exposed through the opening portion of said coin box wall; said door and said bolt arm being movably supported on a wall portion of the coin box so that when said door is moved between the closed and open position, said bolt arm is moved in a direction transverse to the direction of the revolvable motion of said register member; said bolt arm having a bolt portion shaped to overlap the locking portion of said register member when the door is in the closed position; the bolt portion of said bolt arm and the lock portions of said register member being so arranged as to establish a locking interengagement between said register member and said lock arm when said register member has been actuated from a predetermined setting position while the door is closed and to open said interlocking engagement when said register membe has been returned to said predetermined register position; said bolt arm being substantially confined within the interior of the casing structure when said door is closed.

; JACOB D. STIRISS. 

